# This is my shopping list 
shoplist = ['apple', 'mango', 'carrot', 'banana'] 

print('I have', len(shoplist), 'items to purchase.') 

print('These items are:', end=' ') 

for item in shoplist: 
    print(item, end=' ') 

print('\nI also have to buy rice.')

shoplist.append('rice') 

print('My shopping list is now', shoplist) 

print('I will sort my list now') 

shoplist.sort() 

print('Sorted shopping list is', shoplist) 

print('The first item I will buy is', shoplist[0]) 

olditem = shoplist[0] 
del shoplist[0] 

print('I bought the', olditem) 

print('My shopping list is now', shoplist)